A Boot Collector Feature

Charlie 1 Horse

A hat brand today, but vintage pairs of Charlie 1 Horse boots — made for a time by Lucchese — still turn up in the resale market.

Founded1978
Category todayWestern hats
Boot lineDiscontinued, once made by Lucchese
StatusActive (hats)
A note on categoryCharlie 1 Horse is a Western hat brand today, and its current materials describe only hats, with no boots in the active lineup. But the name did carry a boot line at one point — "Charlie 1 Horse by Lucchese" pairs turn up regularly in vintage and resale listings, indicating Lucchese manufactured boots under the Charlie 1 Horse name for a period before that line was discontinued. If you're holding a pair, it's a real vintage piece, not a mislabeled hat-brand boot. (A different hat brand, Resistol, currently sells its own active boot line — a similar hat-to-boot crossover, but ongoing rather than discontinued.)

The Story

Charlie 1 Horse has been making Western hats since 1978, building a line that spans traditional straw and felt cowboy hats for working buyers alongside more fashion-driven designs aimed at a broader Western-wear audience. At some point in its history, the brand also extended into boots, with Lucchese handling manufacturing under the Charlie 1 Horse name — a line that's since been discontinued, though pairs surface regularly in vintage and resale markets. The hat side of the business has leaned into collaborations in recent years, including a partnership with country music artist Lainey Wilson, and its hats have been featured in publications like Vogue.

What They're Known For

Straw and felt hats today, bridging working-ranch practicality and current fashion. But for collectors specifically, the more interesting find is a surviving "Charlie 1 Horse by Lucchese" boot — a genuine piece of crossover history between a hat label and one of the biggest names in bootmaking, from a line that's no longer in production.

A hat brand worth knowing by name — even on a site built around boots.

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